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A Kanawha County family facing criminal charges because of a failing septic system says the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is trying to force them into costly repairs they cannot afford. Rollin and Patricia Webb, of 215 Brooke Hill Drive, face a misdemeanor charge of depositing offensive substances on public or private grounds. They have been ordered to appear in Kanawha County Magistrate Court on Wednesday. Patricia Webb said she and her husband are willing to put in a new septic tank and leach bed, which would cost about $4,500, but the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department wont allow it. She said health officials want them to install an off-site system that could end up costing twice as much one of the least expensive options is a home aeration unit that could cost between $7,0...
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FARMINGTON -- A New Vineyard man faces multiple charges in two counties after police say he confessed Thursday to a string of thefts and burglaries including one at Titcomb Mountain Ski Area early April 6.
Police say they have recovered most of the stolen items in a multi-agency cooperative effort.
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LINCOLN A man convicted in 2002 of operating a methamphetamine laboratory in his West Broadway home and business faces new drug trafficking charges after police stopped him for speeding late last week and found slightly more than $10,000 worth of cocaine, bath salts and other drugs in his car and home, Police Chief William Lawrence said Tuesday.
Joseph Mansur, 55, of Lincoln was charged late Friday with four counts of aggravated furnishing of drugs, including hallucinogenic drugs (bath salts) and schedule W, Y and Z drugs; unlawful possession of an unscheduled drug, methamphetamine; and unlawful possession of cocaine.
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SAN FERNANDO, Calif. | Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star Lenny Dykstra was jailed Monday on grand theft auto and drug possession charges after being accused of using phony information to lease a car from a Southern California dealership.
Dykstra, 48, was charged with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, attempted grand theft auto, identity theft and other crimes, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. He faces up to 12 years in state prison if convicted.
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BANGOR - A Waterville woman with a history of driving infractions faces multiple charges after reportedly leading police on a chase from Interstate 95 near Newport to the streets of Bangor on Friday night, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Courtney Quinn, 35, was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, aggravated criminal mischief, eluding a police officer, passing a police roadblock and operating after suspension in connection with the incident, according to Lt. Wesley Hussey, commanding officer of Troop E of the Maine State Police in Orono.
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A man who was shot and injured by police at his mother's home Sunday afternoon shot at an officer, according to court documents.
His mother now faces charges in connection with the incident.
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A Colorado man known for exhibiting exotic animals faces 17 misdemeanor charges in Boone County for animal neglect, abuse and failure to register his creatures.
Ken Henderson, 66, of the Global Environmental Education Foundation has been warned on several occasions by Boone County Animal Control to acquire permits for his seven alligators, according to court documents. On June 28, animal control personnel found two leashed alligators in a fenced backyard on the 700 block of Mikel Street. The reptiles were measured to be 4 and 7 feet long.
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A Unity Township woman whose three children were left alone at Westmoreland Mall for 12 hours on Monday faces charges of endangering their welfare.
Melanie Ann Wanner, 33, of 1820 Snyder Ave. told police a neighbor had taken three of her children -- 5, 9, and 14 -- to the Hempfield mall at 11 a.m. She expected the neighbor to drive the children home, she said.
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The former president of Pakistan's sixth-largest bank, who holds dual citizenship in that country and the United States and was a U.S. government employee, faces extradition to Pakistan under an 80- year-old treaty to face corruption charges in a $10 million fraud case with international political overtones.
Hamesh Khan, who worked as a financial analyst for the U.S. Agriculture Department until January, is expected to admit today during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Alexandria that there is sufficient evidence to bring charges against him in a scheme to defraud the Bank of Punjab, which he headed.
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When police attempted Tuesday to stop a wanted local man, who was later found to have drugs and a gun, he took off and struck two vehicles before attempting to flee on foot, Police Chief Perry Antone said Wednesday.
Drew Pearson, 23, of Brewer, who was driving with a suspended driver's license, was behind the wheel of a green Saab on South Main Street when police tried to pull him over at around 5:30 p.m., the police chief said in an email interview.